Erie City Council will remain an all-Democratic panel, as it has largely been for decades.
Incumbents Jasmine Flores and Maurice Troop, along with fellow Democrats Andre Horton and Marilyn Pol, captured the four open seats on the ballot for City Council in the Nov. 4 municipal election.
The four fended off four Republicans – Yevet Anderson, Anita Fay, Tina Hiotis and Kimberly Hunter, each of whom was attempting to become the first GOP candidate elected to City Council in more than three decades.
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Shown are the Democratic candidates for Erie City Council. Top row, from left: Maurice “Mo” Troop and Jasmine Flores. Bottom row, from left: Marilyn Pol and Andre Horton.
According to unofficial vote totals from the Erie County Courthouse, with all city voting precincts counted, Horton led the way with 13,303 votes, or 18.47%; followed by Pol with 12,734 votes, or 17.68%; Troop garnered 12,464 votes (17.3%), and Flores received 12,334 votes (17.12%).
Hunter was fifth with 6,038 votes, or 8.38%, followed by Fay, 5,301 votes (7.36%); Hiotis, 5,100 votes (7.08%) and Anderson, 4,542 votes (6.31%).
Flores, 32, and Troop, 50, were both first elected in 2021 and will be sworn in for their second four-year terms on the seven-member panel in January.
Flores is a home health aide for clients with autism/intellectual disabilities. Troop works for the Erie School District as a school principal.
Horton, 65, is a longtime member of Erie County Council who could not seek re-election to County Council because of county term limit rules. He is a semi-retired laborer.
Pol, 66, is a retired deputy city clerk who spent more than 40 years working in city government.
The four Republican candidates could not overcome the more than 2-1 Democratic voter registration edge within city limits.
No Republican has been elected to Erie City Council since Denise Robison in 1989;Â the last Republican to serve on City Council was John Evans, a CPA and certified financial planner who did so as an appointee between June 2012 and December 2013.
Council members who’ve served 12 months or less earn $6,000 a year; the salary is $8,000 for members who have served between 12 and 24 months. Members who have served between 24 and 36 months receive $10,000 annually; those who’ve served 36 months or more earn $12,000 a year.
Council’s president receives an additional $2,000 a year.
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This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Democrats claim all four Erie City Council seats